Early spondyloarthritis in multiracial society: Differences between gender, race, and disease subgroups with regard to first symptom at presentation, main problem that the disease is causing to patients, and employment status

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1597-1604

  Roussou, Euthalia ^a,b   Sultana, Shahzabeen ^a  

^a KING GEORGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baseline clinical characteristics; Early spondyloarthritis; Employment; Multiethnic

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACKACHE; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS FUNCTION INDEX; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; JUVENILE SPONDYLARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRALGIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BACK PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 84863872246     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1680-2     Document Type: Article

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